IT Operations Engineer

Rhode Island Hospital; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 86,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health is seeking an IT Operations Engineer reporting to the Manager of Service Operations to oversee the Windows Server, Linux, VMware ESX and Citrix XenApp environments, and to design and implement systems for monitoring and high availability.

Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or IT Security, plus relevant certifications (e.g., VMware, Azure, AWS). Typical duties include patching, backup, disaster recovery, and infrastructure project support in Providence, RI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or IT Security preferred.
• Certifications in Cisco UCS/Citrix XenApp/Azure/AWS/Windows Server/VMware desirable.
• 2+ years in enterprise server systems management and operations.
• Experience with high availability and security design.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to other engineers and analysts within the team.
• Develop and document processes for security, high availability, for system management, application content management, and performance monitoring.
• Individual is responsible for performance management and reporting on all enterprise-wide servers.
• Provide support for Infrastructure projects and personnel.
• Server patch management including maintenance and upgrades.
• Server and file backup and recovery.

Skills

Server administration

VMware ESX

Windows Server

Linux

Citrix XenApp

Cloud technologies (Azure, AWS)

High availability

Security design

Change management

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or IT Security

Industry certifications in Cisco UCS, Citrix XenApp, Azure, AWS, Windows Server, VMware

Tools

Cisco UCS

Citrix XenApp

Azure

AWS

Windows Server

VMware

Job description

SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Manager of Service Operations, the IT Operations Engineer is responsible for expert level knowledge of Brown University Health's server and network environment. Responsible for all operational aspects of maintaining Brown University Health datacenter systems including Windows Server, Linux, VMware ESX, Citrix XenApp. Design and implementation of systems to manage application and systems monitoring.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides support to other engineers and analysts within the team.
• Develop and document processes for maintaining security, high availability, for system management, application content management, and performance management/monitoring.
• Individual is responsible for performance management and reporting on all enterprise-wide servers within Brown University Health.
• Provides support for Infrastructure projects and personnel.
• Server patch management including maintenance and required platform upgrades.
• Server and file backup and recovery
• Perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or IT Security is preferred.

Industry certification on management and operation of at least one of: Cisco UCS, CitrixXenApp, Azure, AWS, Windows Server, Cisco networking and VMWare

Some experience with Cloud technologies, preferably Azure, AWS, GCPEXPERIENCE:

Experience: Two or more years increasingly responsible related work experience in server systems management and operations in an enterprise environment

Experience should demonstrate knowledge in the following focus areas:

• High availability
• Security design, including embedded security/performance intelligence.
• Change management processes for all devices.
• Oversees configuration and firmware/software/hardware installation and operational process for enterprise-wide appliances.
• Responsible for consolidation and reporting of performance and capacity enterprise wide.
• Server disaster recovery
• TCPP including IPv6.

Project management experience

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Ability to document technical solutions to meet business needs.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: ;None

Pay Range:

$86,382.40-$142,542.40

EEO Statement:

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location:

Corporate Headquarters - 15 LaSalle Square Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Work Type:

Monday through Friday 9am-5:30pm

Work Shift:

Evening

Daily Hours:

8 hours

Driving Required:

Yes